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The RBA has raised its cash rate 25 basis points to 2.6 per cent.
INTEREST RATES
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Aussies are facing the worst financial hit in almost 10 years as interest rates continue to rise.
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Investors and the Reserve Bank are facing tough tests this week after the giant New York Stock Exchange officially became a bear market.
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The average person’s maximum borrowing capacity has dropped by approximately 20%, or $134,500, as a result of the last five interest rate rises, according to Ra…
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The tenacity of the Australian consumer in the face of rising inflation, five interest rate hikes, a precipitous drop in house prices and no real wage growth is…
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Home buyers’ budgets have been slashed by hundreds of thousands of dollars, new figures show, as rising interest rates squeeze the amount the average Australian…
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One of Australia’s big four banks has announced a major interest rate hike following last week’s move by the Reserve Bank.
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CEOs of real-estate developers in Australia have offered diverging outlooks for their industry.
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A property summit has heard a more nuanced story about the correction in property values at the end of the era of ultra-cheap money.
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The global economy may face a recession next year caused by an aggressive wave of policy tightening, the World Bank said.
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One glance at the reaction of financial markets and it was instantly obvious that the US August inflation numbers were not what the markets expected or wanted.
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Property prices are already falling at their fastest quarterly pace since the early-1980s – and there’s a worrying sign this is just the start.
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